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to_o protect_v you_o from_o danger_n or_o to_o bring_v you_o to_o salvation_n then_o let_v this_o work_n alone_o then_o be_v unconcern_v whether_o you_o seek_v his_o favour_n or_o disesteem_v it_o whether_o he_o be_v your_o friend_n or_o your_o enemy_n but_o if_o you_o have_v need_n of_o god_n as_o i_o be_o sure_a you_o have_v then_o pour_v out_o your_o supplication_n to_o he_o for_o his_o grace_n and_o say_v o_o lord_n i_o have_v be_v dead_a in_o sin_n but_o i_o know_v that_o nothing_o be_v impossible_a to_o thou_o thou_o open_v the_o grave_n and_o make_v even_o the_o dead_a to_o live_v let_v my_o soul_n feel_v thy_o almighty_a power_n and_o have_v a_o share_n in_o the_o first_o resurrection_n that_o over_o i_o the_o second_o death_n may_v not_o prevail_v o_o let_v i_o be_v one_o of_o thy_o child_n one_o of_o thy_o bless_a family_n one_o who_o thou_o love_v and_o who_o thou_o will_v love_v for_o ever_o thou_o have_v pardon_v many_o who_o be_v once_o as_o guilty_a as_o i_o have_v be_v 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the_o thought_n of_o life_n be_v frightful_a because_o it_o be_v with_o anguish_n and_o horror_n that_o we_o live_v nor_o can_v we_o bear_v the_o thought_n of_o death_n because_o we_o dare_v not_o die_v seven_o it_o be_v a_o night_n of_o weep_v to_o desert_a soul_n because_o they_o find_v no_o heart_n to_o pray_v and_o no_o life_n in_o prayer_n they_o fall_v upon_o their_o knee_n and_o cover_v the_o altar_n of_o the_o lord_n with_o tear_n but_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o regard_v they_o they_o beg_v and_o he_o give_v they_o no_o relief_n they_o cry_v and_o he_o do_v not_o answer_v and_o this_o fill_v they_o with_o shame_n and_o grief_n lam._n 3.7_o 8._o the_o thought_n of_o such_o poor_a people_n be_v in_o a_o continual_a hurry_n and_o so_o be_v very_o full_a of_o wander_n in_o the_o performance_n of_o their_o duty_n grief_n by_o sadden_v the_o spirit_n destroy_v the_o freedom_n of_o our_o speech_n for_o joy_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o eloquence_n and_o fluency_n and_o when_o they_o will_v 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no_o patience_n wherewith_o to_o bear_v their_o evil_n oh_o who_o be_v he_o that_o can_v bear_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n one_o thought_n of_o he_o as_o a_o reconcile_a father_n will_v sweeten_v the_o most_o heavy_a cross_n but_o one_o view_n of_o he_o as_o a_o enemy_n cause_v all_o our_o strength_n to_o depart_v and_o melt_v our_o very_a soul_n in_o bodily_a evil_n the_o mind_n lend_v its_o assistance_n and_o furnish_v the_o natural_a spirit_n with_o courage_n but_o when_o its_o self_n be_v weaken_v and_o trouble_v what_o be_v it_o able_a to_o do_v the_o wound_a soul_n be_v most_o common_o fretful_a and_o impatient_a the_o sight_n of_o heaven_n inspire_v our_o breast_n with_o vital_a heat_n and_o make_v we_o quiet_a and_o submissive_a under_o every_o dispensation_n but_o the_o daily_a sight_n and_o fear_n of_o hell_n fill_v we_o with_o tumult_n and_o disorder_n the_o language_n of_o desert_a people_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v in_o groan_n and_o in_o their_o prayer_n they_o 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